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August 30, 2018

Q&A: Dawn Raffel on Writing About a Fake Doctor Who Saved Real Babies

August 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Dawn Raffel on Writing About a Fake Doctor Who Saved Real Babies

Talking with an Historian who Rescued a Fascinating Character from Obscurity

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August 30, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Medicine, Coney Island, Premature Babies
February 21, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Vaccine Scientists, a History of Rorschach Tests, and More

February 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Vaccine Scientists, a History of Rorschach Tests, and More

And a Thriller About a Supreme Court Confirmation Battle

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February 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Medicine, Science, Psychiatry, Chinese-American Fiction
August 19, 2016

Q&A: A New Book on Using Genetic Breakthroughs to Try to Save a Sick Boy's Life

August 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A New Book on Using Genetic Breakthroughs to Try to Save a Sick Boy's Life

Mark Johnson Talks About 'One in a Billion,' which Began as a Pulitzer-Winning Newspaper Series

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August 19, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Genetics, Medicine, Disease, Science
April 01, 2016

Review: A History of a Smallpox Epidemic in 1721 Boston that Puts Colonial New England Under the Microscope

April 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Review: A History of a Smallpox Epidemic in 1721 Boston that Puts Colonial New England Under the Microscope

It's a story that fans of medical history will find hard to resist

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April 01, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
American History, Boston, Medicine, Disease, Colonial History
February 29, 2016

5 Hot Books: Single Women as a Political Force, an Irish-American Hero, and More

February 29, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Single Women as a Political Force, an Irish-American Hero, and More

And an alarming book about the threat posed by epidemics

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February 29, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Women, Medicine, Epidemics, Fiction, Irish-American Literature
January 18, 2016

5 Hot Books: New Joyce Carol Oates, the Armenian Genocide, and an EMT's Wild Rides

January 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: New Joyce Carol Oates, the Armenian Genocide, and an EMT's Wild Rides

And historian Ian Buruma's book about his grandparents, in love and war

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January 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Best Books, Armenian Genocide, Joyce Carol Oates, Medicine
January 11, 2016

5 Hot Books: A Cancer Doctor With Stage IV Cancer, Pope Francis on Mercy & More

January 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Cancer Doctor With Stage IV Cancer, Pope Francis on Mercy & More

And fighting over fancy co-op hallways on Manhattan's Upper East Side

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January 11, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Pope Francis, Cancer, Best Books, Fiction, Africa, Refugees, Medicine
November 27, 2015

Review: Blogging Death, and Searching for Meaning in a Painful Decline

November 27, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: Blogging Death, and Searching for Meaning in a Painful Decline

A Minnesota Professor Who Shared His Struggle with ALS with the World

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November 27, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Memoir, Medicine, Death and Dying, Illness, ALS
November 23, 2015

5 Hot Books: Paris's Best Street, How to Beat Cancer, and a Transgender Novel

November 23, 2015/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Paris's Best Street, How to Beat Cancer, and a Transgender Novel

Books People Are Talking About This Week -- Or Should Be

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November 23, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
The Hot 5
Fiction, Biography, Medicine, Cancer, Paris
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